Week 12 Reflection by Patrick Gehan https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2020-11-10 21:25:35 UTC 2020-11-10 21:55:38 UTC hello@padlet.com What are some other examples of the concept of dual use? patrickgehan https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n/wish/910670363 A gun can be used both to commit crimes and for self-defense against crimes. ]]> 2020-11-10 21:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n/wish/910670363 What would have been the impact of halting the spread of nuclear weapons immediately after the Trinity test? Or even after Nagasaki? How do the scientists’ reactions to the dropping of the bombs belie their personal ethics and connect to dual use? patrickgehan https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n/wish/910696215 If nuclear weapons development had halted after trinity, then the much bigger bombs would not have been developed during the cold war. Without the threat of total annihilation from these massive bombs, the Cold War might have escalated further. The scientist who believed he should have quit the project shows that he does no believe that bringing the end of the war was worth creating the bomb.]]> 2020-11-10 21:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n/wish/910696215 What concerns you the most about nuclear technology in the world today? patrickgehan https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n/wish/910705851 My biggest concern is not intentional misuse, but mistakes and human failings. No human or human-designed system is ever 100% reliable, and when that system is designed to ensure the safety of a world-ending bomb, the fact that the potential for failure exists practically guarantees failure over a long enough period of time. There are numerous YouTube videos and articles about the many atomic disasters we nearly avoided aver the last seventy years. ]]> 2020-11-10 21:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/patrickgehan/4jwff2pji1bld73n/wish/910705851